Sex and the godman: Nityananda haunted by his past

May 04, 2012 17:03

In one of his satsang discourses, which he typically infuses with levity to sustain 'devotees' interest, self-styled spiritual guru Swami Nityananda narrates a joke about God and Adam.

God approaches Adam and tells him, "I have good news and I have bad news for you.' Adam asks to be told the good news first, upon which God says that He has endowed Adam with a brain -- with unbounded capacity to think and reason -- and a sexual organ, which would open the gateway to limitless pleasures.

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